My friend Lynn Augstein, a talented SF based light artist, sent me a link to this great TEDx Berkeley talk by Bryan Alvarez. I like his vision of a collaborating culture. May it be so.

A new economy is on the doorstep. It’s not the economy we used to know as “the new economy.” It’s not the information-technology-driven growth of the last few decades, although that makes up part of the new economy. A new economy is rapidly emerging, one that will transform the ways people live and do business.

The name of the new new economy is the “ecological growth economy.” This is neither a bad joke nor an anachronism. It is the emerging new reality. It is also the precondition for the continuation of human progress and the survival of millions of other species on Earth. We have an obvious choice: We can speed up the realization of the ecological growth economy now, or our children and theirs will suffer for centuries.

It appears to be an easy choice, doesn’t it? We can choose human progress over suffering. And yet, we are not making this choice at sufficient speed or scale today. Ignorance, institutional inertia, vested interests, and greed are the main reasons for our far-too-slow action. However, as sentient creatures (Homo sapiens), humans are equipped with knowledge, good will, and a degree of wisdom. Continue Reading »

TODAY LIVE INTERVIEW @ 12:30pm on kpfk.org

“A world organized around centralized control, strict intellectual property rights, and hierarchies of credentialed experts is under siege. A radically different order of society based on open access, decentralized creativity, collaborative intelligence, and cheap and easy sharing is ascendant.” – from VIRAL SPIRAL

A global brigade of techies, lawyers, artists, musicians, scientists. businesspeople, innovators, and geeks of all stripes are dedicated to creating a digital republic committed to freedom and innovation.

From free and open-source software, Creative Commons licenses, Wikipedia, remix music and video mashups, peer production, open science, open education, and open business, the world of digital media has spawned a new “sharing economy” that increasingly competes with entrenched media giants.

Terrence will also ask David to comment on the recent – and upcoming – bailouts, from the perspective of citizens and the commons. In other words, rather than fearing socialism, what are we getting for our “common” contributions to giant corporations — and what should we be demanding?

I had heard from two friends that Marty Weiner was an amazing healer. Coincidentally, I was preparing to re-launch New Paradigm Digest, and saw Marty at lunch. I shared my excitement about my blog with him and asked if he might be interested in an interview since I suspected he held a piece of the new paradigm of healing. He graciously agreed and a few days later it was time to experience his work firsthand. Continue Reading »